Family:)

The Newsted Girls.

Me and Shelby

Matching shirts?

Olivia adoring her new barbie bride:)

Jeff's great friends Bill and John

Jeff's dad Tom giving the toast.

What are they laughing at?
:)

WE LOVE CAKE!

The amazing chocolate log/cake-kind of thing that tasted like a kit-kat!

Mmmm, fruit tart.

The kid is my son;)

Want some cake?

Crazy Cute Kids

We were in our own room in the basement of Mac's, so the kids had the run of the place....literally! They had an absolutely wonderful time:)

Cereal Mornings

Since moving into the new house, Deagan has decided that he needs to wake up around 6:30 every morning. And if we're lucky he'll stop at his sister's room and wake her up along the way to our bedroom. So, most days, I embrace the beautiful summer and drag my behind out of bed to enjoy the sunrise. We've taken to eating our breakfasts out on the deck. It's a little chilly some mornings, so we bundle up in blankets. But they love it! They refuse to eat inside:)

He Loves the Melon

Alexis and Zach spend a few nights

After Father's Day, but before the wedding, Zach and Alexis came to stay a few days and help me out with the kids before the wedding. Olivia and Deag just adore their cousins and everyone is sad to go home. But they sure have a great time together:)

Deagers

This is the cool kid- before we cut his mop!
p.s.- when did he get so big?

Stella Baby

Yep, this was a month ago when she was only three months old and a little baby....now she's DOUBLE that size!

Father's Day BBQ

Deagan just mooched off Poppie!

We negotiated into the sale of the home this wonderful trampoline:) We can't keep the kids off it!


That's olivia in there spinning.


My mom with her Dad.


silly lexi


My dad and his brother:)

The gang on the new front porch!

This was taken a few days after we moved in:) Boy were we happy! Finally our own home, again.
Here are a few sneak peak pictures for you, BEFORE we did our painting and moving. Now the wall with the fireplace is RED, and the kitchen has a metallic teal wall, and the rest is a creamy coffee color....I'll post those pics later:)
Snoop-On...

Living Room

Finally, we have a wood burning fireplace that we'll actually use:) And that white box looking thing above the mantle, yeah that's a flat screen TV mount.....for the TV we don't have;)

Living with Dining Room

here's the first half of the living room, with the arched ceiling to the dining room. And the window to the kitchen:)

Entry/Livingroom

On the right by the stairs is the front door, with the stairs against the wall leading right up. You're looking at the living room and a little cut out to the kitchen.

A little peak at the backyard

I have to get out there and get a good picture of the yard, but this is a sneak peak of a part of the deck with the pergola....

The Kid Cut Out in under the basement stairs

There is a little door and window, and the walls inside are painted with chalkboard paint! They just love it!

The Basement

They had just finished the basement when we bought the house, with nifty little "cut-outs" in the walls for a sofa and a TV.

Visiting MiMaw in Frankenmuth

One weekend in early JUNE, we went to visit my mom in Frankenmuth while she was a her "sisters of the heart" reunion. The kids got nice baby massages too!
:)

I'm baaaaack.....

Deagan helping my Dad measure for the deck building:)

yucky tummies

So here we are after a great weekend, feeling miserable laying around. Deagan woke up at 6am this morning and cried for over an HOUR!!!!!! Good morning to you!
He's been really clingy and just not himself all day. And Olivia too, she's been extra sensitive and sleepy.
So this morning went ok, then gradually they got worse. Now here they are on my bed watching Deigo, sipping AJ, and eating slices of bread (they think it makes them feel better). With yucky tummies, low grade fevers and just over-all yuckiness.
You know Deagan's having a bad day when you can get him to lay on a bed for an hour, when he's not sleeping!!!!!
:(